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woodrim
Senior Member Joined: 19 October 2009 Country: United States Location: Charleston, SC Status: Offline Posts: 1975 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 14 October 2022 at 17:13 |
We had a big birthday celebration here last weekend. Mine, my son's, and my brother who is turning 80. We stopped by the creek just in time for the trawler's return with bird escort. I took these pictures while waiting to buy some shrimp for our dinner. $4 a pound, but 10-pounds minimum. We're still eating shrimp this week.
Vectis 8/400 in AF mode with my trusty A7 II. Several of the images were not cropped, so the degree of vignetting can be seen. |
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Snegren
Senior Member Joined: 11 November 2011 Country: Netherlands Location: Zuid Holland Status: Offline Posts: 6427 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 14 October 2022 at 21:20 |
No crop, no donuts. I think they came out nice. I like this AF mirror. I received an incomprehensible email in Chinese, the only thing I recognized was the FedEx symbol. I decided it was not fishing and clicked a link. I think next Wednesday I will receive my Vectis AF adapter. As all my Vectis lenses are untested, one can only hope that they work, particularly the 400 that was the cause of all this. |
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“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.” Søren Kierkegaard
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mariuszlo
Senior Member Joined: 17 December 2007 Country: United States Location: Jersey City Status: Offline Posts: 3850 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 15 October 2022 at 01:23 |
Encouraged by your photos, I decided to buy the Reflex AF 500 again. This is my third copy (I have a similar story with apo 100-400)
Today was the first outing with this lens. So I'm showing you six photos from the Bronx Zoo. #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Edited by mariuszlo - 15 October 2022 at 01:41 |
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Sony a7R4, a6400. E, A and MD lenses.
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Howard_S
Senior Member Joined: 20 March 2008 Country: United Kingdom Location: Oxford Status: Online Posts: 5596 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 15 October 2022 at 16:41 |
It was quite magical where we were staying, close to marshes by an estuary. The bird hide became a deer hide (the birds tended to be twice as far away and a fraction of the size ...). There's more to come - keep an eye open for an Open View thread next week. Certainly the animals stay very alert, especially when we observed them in the open. |
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Howard_S
Senior Member Joined: 20 March 2008 Country: United Kingdom Location: Oxford Status: Online Posts: 5596 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 15 October 2022 at 16:43 |
@mariuslo that fox photo is fantastic - sharp where it needs to be and beautifullt rendered with the doughnut bokeh behind.
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Fred_S
Senior Member Joined: 12 January 2017 Country: Netherlands Location: Noord Holland Status: Offline Posts: 13646 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 15 October 2022 at 17:03 |
Sounds like me, you are only one copy ahead of me Some nice shots Mariusz. I like # 1,3 qnd 6 best. Edited by pegelli - 16 October 2022 at 08:39 |
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darosa
Emeritus group Joined: 23 March 2007 Country: Netherlands Location: Old Zealand Status: Offline Posts: 14190 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 15 October 2022 at 18:26 |
Never sell lenses, that's my maxim; maybe that's why I have so many. 😁
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Fred_S
Senior Member Joined: 12 January 2017 Country: Netherlands Location: Noord Holland Status: Offline Posts: 13646 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 15 October 2022 at 18:54 |
Even when I include my sold ones, I am no where near your numbers, so there must be another reason
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Howard_S
Senior Member Joined: 20 March 2008 Country: United Kingdom Location: Oxford Status: Online Posts: 5596 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 16 October 2022 at 23:25 |
So here's some more of the deer near Middlebere Farm in Dorset; all A7M3 and Minolta Reflex AF 500mm F8
1 Fallow deer + magpie | ISO 5000, RAW file 2 Fallow deer | ISO 8000, RAW file 3 ISO 8000, RAW file 4 By the estuary, ISO 8000, JPG |
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jkp1
Senior Member Joined: 25 November 2005 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Posts: 2302 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 17 October 2022 at 07:52 |
Never thought of the lens for such work :-) |
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Unused stuff in stock: A700, 24-105, 28-135, Sony A100, beercan, 100-200, Sony 70-200f2.8 + teleconverter
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Snegren
Senior Member Joined: 11 November 2011 Country: Netherlands Location: Zuid Holland Status: Offline Posts: 6427 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 18 October 2022 at 14:30 |
That has been my problem with photography for quite a while now! |
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“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.” Søren Kierkegaard
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Snegren
Senior Member Joined: 11 November 2011 Country: Netherlands Location: Zuid Holland Status: Offline Posts: 6427 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 18 October 2022 at 14:32 |
That AF500 is quite rewarding Howard! |
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“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.” Søren Kierkegaard
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Snegren
Senior Member Joined: 11 November 2011 Country: Netherlands Location: Zuid Holland Status: Offline Posts: 6427 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 18 October 2022 at 14:39 |
Today the Vectis AF adapter arrived, gave it a quick test on the 400 Reflex (the reason for getting the adapter) and all-systems-are-go. AF works fine although not as refined as the modern day hypersonic drives, it gets there fast enough and does not hunt, MF works fine (cannot adjust MF on the camera, has to be through the A/M button on the lens which makes sense) and is nicely slow to adjust precisely. Test shots to follow soon.
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“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.” Søren Kierkegaard
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Snegren
Senior Member Joined: 11 November 2011 Country: Netherlands Location: Zuid Holland Status: Offline Posts: 6427 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 18 October 2022 at 14:40 |
Somehow I posted twice
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“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.” Søren Kierkegaard
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